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LONDON: When Rupert Murdoch flew into London last weekend, he was photographed smiling widely into cameras, and almost the first statement the American tycoon made on British soil was that his first priority was "this one" pointing to an equally beaming Rebekah Brooks. It was a day after she sacked an entire newsroom of News of the World, and the family of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler were meeting senior ministers calling for her to go. That it was a PR disaster was obvious — now it is being seen as the moment when everything really started unravelling for Rupert Murdoch.

LONDON: News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch, preparing to split his media empire into entertainment and publishing businesses, resigned from three of the company's boards, including the News International newspaper division in the UK. Murdoch, 81, alsosteppeddown as a director of Newscorp Investments and Times Newspapers Holdings, according to UK regulatory filings. News International publishes The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers in the UK. The resignations were presaged by his son JamesMurdoch ,wholefttheboardsof News Corp's newspaper companies earlier this year.

LONDON: Rebekah Brooks , the former News of the World editor who quit as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International at the height of the phone-hacking scandal, received 1.7 million pounds and other benefits as part of her severance package from the group. Brooks was among the people who were arrested and bailed for their alleged involvement in the phone-hacking scandal that led to the closure of Britain's mass selling tabloid. The Observer reported today that as per records at Companies House, Brooks resigned from 23 directorships related to Murdoch's News International.

LONDON: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., was overtaken by his son James for the first time in a ranking of the most powerful figures in British media published on Monday. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page topped The Guardian's list of the most powerful people in British media because "of the all-pervasive impact of Google on the media", the newspaper said. James Murdoch, chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB in Britain and News Corp.

LONDON: It has now been confirmed that Defence Secretary Liam Fox gave secret briefings on defence issues to leading lights of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, reflecting the scale of nexus with British politicians, who recently admitted being to 'too cosy' with the Murdochs. "The world has changed," the Labour leader Ed Miliband said, after the phone-hacking issue blew up in the face of politicians, press and the police, but the proximity between politicians and Murdoch's media empire is only now being unravelled, day-by-day.

LONDON: Reeling under sustained criticism, media baron Rupert Murdoch and his family today went into damage-limitation mode by promising to "apologise" to the nation, and accepted the resignation of former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks. The Murdochs and their media empire have become the focus of criticism and inquiries in Britain as well as in the US and Australia, besides taking knocks on the stock exchange for indulging in dubious news gathering practices.

LONDON: Media boss Rupert Murdoch and son James emerged from a day of high political theatre with their reputations enhanced but faced further scrutiny over the phone hacking scandal, Britain's press said on Wednesday. The father and son team fended off questions from British lawmakers over the snowballing crisis at News International, and garnered sympathy after being assailed by a "custard pie" wielding "moron". However, Murdoch-senior's apparently faltering memory - interpreted by some as a ploy to evade tricky queries - raised more questions than answers and brought into focus the 80-year-old's ability to run the News Corp media empire.

NEW YORK: Satyamev Jayate, an issue-based television show hosted by Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, is headed to China after Star India sold the rights of the popular show to a production company there. "When we did the first season of Satyamev Jayate, we got inquiries from many parts of Asia and some parts in Africa. But the country from where we saw the maximum interest was China and we have just sold the rights of the show to a production company in China," Star India CEO Uday Shankar told a session organised by the Paley Media Centre here Friday.

NEW DELHI: The much-speculated visit of James Murdoch, chairman & chief executive of STAR Group, to India is not confirmed yet. Commenting on the media reports on Murdoch's visit, Yash Khanna, Sr. VP-Corporate Communication of STAR India said, "He is coming to Dubai for a conference next week and there is a possibility that he might drop in for a day or two in India. But so far there is no confirmation yet on this. " STAR has been facing the flak from Information & Broadcasting Ministry for not complying with the up linking rules in their true sprit in terms of FDI norms.

NEW DELHI: The much-speculated visit of James Murdoch, chairman & chief executive of STAR Group, to India is not confirmed yet. Commenting on the media reports on Murdoch's visit, Yash Khanna, Sr. VP-Corporate Communication of STAR India said, "He is coming to Dubai for a conference next week and there is a possibility that he might drop in for a day or two in India. But so far there is no confirmation yet on this. " STAR has been facing the flak from Information & Broadcasting Ministry for not complying with the up linking rules in their true sprit in terms of FDI norms.